McConnell keeps firm grip on immigration debate (“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who promised what was expected to be a free-for-all immigration debate, is keeping his hand firmly on the wheel…By limiting the debate to a few days and expressing his preference for a GOP proposal that mirrors President Trump’s four-point immigration plan — which doesn’t have the votes to pass — McConnell has significantly influenced the process in the upper chamber.”)

Editorial: A welcome change to felony charges (“A deal Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, reached with Republican leaders in the General Assembly would raise that level to $500. Democrats had hoped to set it at $1,000, which would have been more appropriate.”)